Archive for the ‘P30 Thursday’ Category

74,067 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 4 parts breakages
Such a busy week, we officially had to rename Saturday "Thursday Mk2." Over four thousand rounds went downrange since the last update, and as you can see we're just around the corner from the big Seven Five.
The trigger return spring broke after firing ...

68,996 rounds
10 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Yesterday while shooting, I had a stoppage with my P30 test gun. Upon inspection, it appeared that the slide had failed to cycle properly, preventing the spent cartridge from fully extracting and ejecting. Since it had been about 9,000 rounds since the last ...

65,250 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
More than 4,000 rounds this week! To be honest, I didn't even realize I'd been shooting that much.
Most of my range time this week has been devoted to playing around with my grip technique more. This led me to swap out the Large ...

61,246 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Happy Thanksgiving! Exactly 2,500 rounds went through the P30 this week.
Recently, I was talking to firearms instructor David Blinder of Personal Defense Training about ways to help students achieve an optimal grip during the drawstroke. Around that same time, I had the opportunity to ...

58,746 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
A lot of shooting but nothing particularly exciting to report this week. The pistol has gone close to 9,000 rounds without a cleaning since getting back from the HK "checkup" at 50k. I can feel it getting a little balky, so I'll break ...

53,482 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
The P30 is back. Heckler & Koch replaced all the springs in the gun and magazines, and also replaced the magazine followers. With the help of some fellow M4Carbine.net Northern Virginia Training Group members almost 3,500 rounds have been fired through the gun in ...

50,002 rounds
9 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 3 parts breakages
Done! The magic number was reached while attending a Ken Hackathorn class in Marietta, OH. Ken even did the honors firing the 50,000th round:
The other students in the class, as well as some of the local shooters, all pitched in to put an ...

With help from all my fellow students, our instructor Ken Hackathorn, and even some of the local club shooters who just dropped by to say hello, the P30 digested over 2,000 rounds this weekend and hit the 50,000 round mark!
More details to follow on Thursday.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG

47,947 rounds
8 stoppages, 0 malfunctions, 2 parts breakages
Well, by this time next week the P30 Endurance Test should be over!
This past week, the P30 traveled to Louisiana and survived a weekend on a muddy range without a hiccup. I was also able to get in a couple of practice sessions.
This ...